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pulka

American

[puhl-kuh] / ˈpʌl kə /

noun

a reindeer-drawn sleigh used by the Sami, shaped like the front half of a canoe, in which a single rider sits with back against a vertical support and legs stretched forward.

First recorded in 1740–50; from Finnish pulkka, from Sami bulk(k)e, bulke

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